More than a hundred years, the potassium salt fertilizer production in the “Nordthüringer” basin existed. As a result, huge saline tailings, on the one shaped the landscape and on the other polluted the surrounding rivers damaging to the environment emerged. In 1991 came the end for the 1,600 employees of the potassium salt mine and it was time to deal with the contamination and waste. Read more
Industrial Inspection
Precision Agriculture / Inspection
Precision technology has driven the farming revolution of recent years, monitoring crops from the sky will drive the next.
With a drone or UAV you can capture highly accurate images in various color spectrums of your fields, covering up to hundreds of hectares/acres in a single flight.
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UAV RISK Mitigation
There are three aspects within a business which enable companies to control risks. The equipment that is used, the staff that are employed and the procedures that are followed. Using poor quality or badly maintained equipment can lead to malfunction. Poorly trained or unfit staff will be less able to operate equipment safely. And badly thought out procedures will lead to errors being made.
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Key Risks in UAV Operation
Below is a list of key risks which has been compiled over many years of piloting of which a large proportion have been in and around Miami, Florida. Some of these may be obvious but others less. Read more
The Drone ‘Bubble’ - How to survive in a competitive market
The latest number of FAA certified pilots for commercial purposes currently stands at almost 40.000 with an estimated 1000 new pilots per month adding to the list.
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AUVSI Unmanned Systems Conference - Atlanta 2015
Kicking off each day at the show was a General Session moderated by Colin Guinn, chief revenue officer, 3D Robotics. Colin joined 3D Robotics in 2014 after co-founding and serving as CEO of DJI North America. Read more
FINALLY SMALL UAS RULES WOULD ALLOW COMMERCIAL OPERATIONS
The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration has released a proposed rule for small unmanned aircraft systems that would allow “low-risk” small UAS that weigh less than 55 pounds to be used for commercial purposes. Read more
Spelunking in Corvette Cavern
On Wednesday 2.12.2014, a 40-foot-wide, 30-foot-deep sinkhole opened up at the National Corvette Museum in Kentucky. Eight Corvettes fell into the hole. To explore the pit, the University of Western Kentucky’s engineering department wisely sent in a drone instead of a human. Read more
How I Accidentally Kickstarted the Domestic Drone Boom
By Chris Anderson
At last year’s Paris Air Show, some of the hottest aircraft were the autonomous unmanned helicopters—a few of them small enough to carry in one hand—that would allow military buyers to put a camera in the sky anywhere, anytime. Manufactured by major defense contractors, and ranging in design from a single-bladed camcopter to four-bladed multicopters, these drones were being sold as the future of warfare at prices in the tens to hundreds of thousands of dollars. Read more
Property damage ligitation, Insurance claims and Inspection
Onsite property damage evaluation
South Florida, especially Miami and the Keys are known to be hit frequently by natural disasters like Hurricans and flooding. After the catastrophe hits, adjusters are on site to evaluate property damage and claims take forever to close as adjuster are cannot keep up with the immense volume. Now using close range, low altitude unmanned Drones Read more